It's an unmitigated disaster here in the Alamo City.
Periodic managed/rolling blackouts have turned into 24-hour+ power outages for most people.
I've been super lucky so far - only one outage that lasted all of 45 minutes - but we're dealing with no running water since this morning thanks to burst pipes (again, kind of lucky here because it was a neighbor of ours whose apartment actually got flooded).
It got down to about 10 degrees two nights in a row. Needless to say I haven't seen anything close to that in my previous five winters here. Hell, that was a rarity back in Maryland.
I've got a good friend who lives outside Austin on a ranch in Caldwell County outside Lockhart. She shut down her water Saturday but so far has kept power. 24% of the county was out this morning (now back down to 12%). She's raising bees and has chickens for personal eggs, I think. The bees are going to take a hit but I guess they all surround the queen to protect her and can generate a little warmth on their own.
